Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'normroberts'
March 1, 2008
For the Giants, the opening of free agency saw them lose three players. Kawika Mitchell went to the Bills, Reggie Torbor to the Dolphins and Gibril Wilson to the Raiders. The loss of Wilson will hurt the most, but remember he was once a fifth-round pick. GM Jerry Reese proved last year that he is very good drafting players and won’t overpay in the free agent market, so don’t panic the Super Bowl champs will......
Continue Reading "Early Moves in Free Agency Affect Giants/Jets"February 22, 2006
With a victory over Seton Hall in their final regular season game at Madison Square Garden, the St. John's Red Storm can still entertain thoughts of returning there for the Big East tournament. Their 58-47 win Tuesday makes it a possibiliy they can earn one of the berths given to the top 12 teams in the 16-team conference. St. John's finishes with Villanova on the road (a likely loss) and Rutgers at home. For St.......
Continue Reading "Staying Alive"February 10, 2006
After beating Pitt at home three weeks ago, St. John's appeared to have a good shot to avoid the pileup that is the bottom of the Big East conference. Since then, the Red Storm have lost five straight, including Thursday's 64-41 loss at Georgetown. As Georgetown coach John Thompson III put it, St. John's had "a bad night." Whether the recent collection of bad nights will cost St. John's a chance at the Big East......
Continue Reading ""A Bad Night""January 30, 2006
As conference play continues, St. John's Big East conference continues to make its claim to the title of best conference in the country. Given the talent of the teams at the top, the Red Storm have played well. Unfortuantely for Norm Roberts' squad, playing well was not enough for the second straight game. West Virginia held off St. John's Sunday days after the Red Storm hung with top-ranked Connecticut on the road Wednesday. Unlike Wednesday's......
Continue Reading "Big (and Deep) East"May 26, 2004
Ever since St. John's named Norm Roberts their coach, there has been a renewed effort to land local recruits. After a 6-21 record last season, they fired Mike Jarvis, their coach since the 98-99 season who seldom recruited within New York City. Several local high school coaches are happy that St. John's is looking locally again. Coach Oliver Antigua of St. Raymond's in the Bronx said, "We want to be able to help them get......
Continue Reading "St. John's Making Local Inroads"April 14, 2004
The once proud St. John's basketball program named Queens-native Norm Roberts to be their new head coach. Roberts, who played college ball at Queens College, went to Springfield Gardens High School, where he played with former-Knick Anthony Mason. The real question is if he can actually get some talent onto the team. It certainly looks like he will try:"It pains me to see guys from New York City wearing other uniforms. It pains me to......
Continue Reading "St. John's Names New Coach"
